Maureen cried into Mark's shoulder, then backed away from him and moved to Roger. Her eyes still flowed with tears as she pulled Roger into her arms and cried on his shoulder. Mark saw Roger's shoulders shaking and knew he was crying too. This was the first time Mark felt no desire to capture a memory on film.

He sat on the couch beside Maureen and stroked her hair. After what seemed like forever, he saw Roger's shoulders stop moving. Maureen stopped as well. Mark left his hand on her back and could feel her breathing steady. He gently pulled Maureen back. As he'd suspected, she'd cried herself to the point of exhaustion. Ever since they were kids, she'd done that. When Maureen cried, she cried herself to sleep.

Roger's eyes were heavy and threatened to drop shut. Mark picked up Maureen and carried her to the bedroom. She stirred and started to protest.

"Mark, I…."

"Shh….it's okay, Maureen. Just sleep a few hours, okay? Roger's sleeping too."

At that, Maureen gave a small nod and let Mark lay her down on their bed. He wiped her drying tears and kissed her forehead.

"I love you," he whispered.

Roger fought off sleep. Mark found him struggling to stay awake in the living room. "Rog, come on. You need some sleep."

"No, I don't. It's like ten in the morning."

"Yeah and I just put Maureen back to bed too. It's fine. You're both exhausted and so am I. Let's just go back to bed for a few hours. I'm sure everyone will feel better once we're not so tired."

Roger nodded, but didn't move.

"You going to get up?"

Roger shook his head and stretched out on the couch. "Can't I just sleep here?"

Mark looked down at him. Roger was asleep before Mark could even answer. The filmmaker studied him a minute. He grabbed the camera from the shelf and silently wound it up. Mark filmed Roger sleeping for a few minutes. He'd add narration later.

He debated about going back to bed, but couldn't. Instead, Mark grabbed the notebook they kept by the phone and scribbled out a note.

Roger, Mo—

Went to do some filming in the park. Back soon.

Love you both

M

Before the park, Mark stopped at the cemetery. It felt strange to be in a cemetery alone with a video camera, but he had to do this. For himself, sure, but also for Roger. And for April.

He stopped in front of the grave and began filming a close-up on the headstone. "April Ericsson. Born the 10th of February 1967. Died the 7th of October 1988. April was Roger's girlfriend. She…she found out she had AIDS and slit her wrists in the bathroom."

He stopped filming and walked away from the grave.